{"id":82298,"date":"2026-01-29T07:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82298"},"modified":"2026-01-29T07:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:05:40","slug":"caf-fines-senegal-morocco-after-afcon-final-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/29\/caf-fines-senegal-morocco-after-afcon-final-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF Fines Senegal, Morocco After AFCON Final Misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has sanctioned Senegal, Morocco, and several players and officials following misconduct during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal faced the heaviest penalties. Coach Pape Bouna Thiaw was suspended for five CAF matches and fined $100,000 for \u201cunsporting conduct\u201d and bringing the game into disrepute.<\/p>\n<p>Players Iliman Cheikh Baroy Ndiaye and Ismaila Sarr were each suspended for two matches.<\/p>\n<p>The F\u00e9d\u00e9ration S\u00e9n\u00e9galaise de Football (FSF) was fined $615,000 over supporters\u2019 behaviour, players\u2019 actions, and match cautions.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco\u2019s Achraf Hakimi was suspended for two matches (one deferred for a year), while Isma\u00ebl Saibari received a three-match ban and a $100,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>The F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF), was fined $300,000 for players, officials, and stadium ball boys\u2019 misconduct, with an additional $15,000 for fans using lasers.<\/p>\n<p>CAF said the sanctions aim to uphold fair play and protect the integrity of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has sanctioned Senegal, Morocco, and several players and officials following misconduct during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final. Senegal faced the heaviest penalties. Coach Pape Bouna Thiaw was suspended for five CAF matches and fined $100,000 for \u201cunsporting conduct\u201d and bringing the game into disrepute. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-82298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82299,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82298\/revisions\/82299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}